#Without Economic Incentives, Protecting Global Forests May Prove Impossible (Op-Ed) Kate Dillon Levin is with the Corporate Engagement Team at Code REDD
Two years later Muir founded the Sierra Club to further promote the area s protection. Over the years the boundaries of the park have grown as logging dams
and all vegetables in this group may be protective against some stomach and intestinal cancers Jarzabkowski said.
Biomaterials company Ecovative Design figured out a way to create protective packaging insulation and ceiling tiles that are made without using petroleum
According to the Wild Camel Protection Foundation there are only approximately 600 wild camels in China and 800 in Mongolia.
Protecting these wild places will help secure habitat for vulnerable wildlife safeguard their genetic integrity enhance connectivity
Falcons To get a glimpse of how falcons hunt their prey midair researchers at Haverford College in Haverford Pennsylvania outfitted the birds with miniature helmet-and backpack-mounted cameras.
The team trained captive peahens to wear special backpacks that held equipment and a helmet with cameras (one to film what the bird was seeing
It carries this protection with it as it traverses the entire country from the forests of Mexico to the wildflowers of Texas through the prairies of the Midwest and back again.
and I was never much good with a shield so cuffs wasn't a bad alternative.
if you think that you can#I let the dying man who'd been my shield slide down to the ground only to see another soldier with a crossbow raising it towards me.
Heart health Watermelon's high levels of lycopene are very effective at protecting cells from damage
He at first attributed it to genetic protection. But when Kunas migrated to Panama city their blood pressure increased pointing to an environmental cause.
if high in flavanols the beneficial plant compounds scientists believe impart most of cocoa's benefits relaxes the blood vessels an important protection against hypertension and heart disease.
Protecting rainforest ecosystems and protecting traditional rainforest cultures. Many in the first group overlooked the opportunity to enlist tribal inhabitants of the rainforest its natural guardians as allies.
Bats roost in trees caves mines and barns anyplace that provides shelter from the weather protection from predators
and other Front Range cities but a long-term plan is needed to keep thirsty residents happy while protecting recreation tourism and agriculture.</
A mother hamster is very protective. If she fears that her babies are in danger she will put the babies in her mouth pouches
Some species of freshwater turtles such as snapping turtles also eat small mammals frogs snakes fish and even other smaller turtles according to Connecticut's Department of energy and Environmental Protection.
Cow urine offers a cure for around 70 to 80 incurable diseases like diabetes Om Prakash of the RSS Cow Protection Department told Reuters. All are curable by cow urine. 7
#and even cannibal dads#in the animal kingdom why of all creatures are father owl monkeys so attentive and protective of their young?
Save the Elephants a Kenya-based organization dedicated to elephant protection and research is using Google technologies to help protect elephants from some of these dangers.
Protecting endangered elephants Rampant ivory poaching is placing elephant populations at risk and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) estimates that 96 elephants are killed each day by poachers in Africa.
#oebiodiversity offsetting#protecting animals and plants in one area to make up for negative impacts in another is used increasingly by companies such as mining firms as a way to boost their corporate responsibility
#If the habitat at the offset site is under no threat of degradation then protecting it does not achieve any extra benefit.
Biodiversity offsetting should not just be about protecting ecosystems. The approach should also be fair to local communities not least
and Wildlife Service's (FWS) proposed plan to remove Endangered Species Act protections from gray wolves in most of the lower-48 United states. This was the largest number of comments ever submitted on a federal
because removing federal protections from wolves means handing their management over to state governments and their wildlife agencies.
these traps would supposedly be protecting. The odds of incidental captures would be given particularly high that landowners would be allowed to leave these traps out a full month
Claire Mccaskill D-Mo. chairwoman of the U s. Senate Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation's Subcommittee on Consumer Protection Product Safety and Insurance led a panel on Tuesday (June 17
Your Chicken Might (Op-Ed) Paul Shapiro is the vice president of farm animal protection at The Humane Society of the United states (HSUS.
The new findings suggest that the protective effect of the Mediterranean diet on the heart comes in part from the nitro fatty acids
This announcement from Cargill is the latest in a series of triumphs for animal protection advocates veterinarians food companies
Ecotourism can allow rural communities in Madagascar to earn revenue for protecting lemur habitats; create economic incentives and benefits for local residents;
Bark acts as the protective outer layer on trees that protects the plant from drought and shields against radiation.
Of course with such huge rain deficits in place a couple inches will be just a chink in the armor#of the drought as Mcmanus put it.#
although not from all other species that have ivory nor from tusks removed from mammoths being extinct they cannot be provided any legal protection.
Meanwhile typical forest-health treatments and community protection projects are just dots on the landscape They are not enough to save forests on a large scale.
On May 21 the Brazilian government World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and partners announced the creation of a $215 million fund to ensure long-term protection of the world's largest network of protected areas 150
Large scale forest protection. And it's the Amazon. I feel like we've won the World cup of Conservation!
Pollen grains buried in nearby Horseshoe Lake show farming at Cahokia intensified starting about A d. 450 accompanied by rapid deforestation.
Sarah hopes that contrasting these two varieties of carrots may allow the research team to pinpoint the chemicals that are responsible for their early cancer-protective findings
and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) where she focuses on food and drug safety protections for scientist whistle-blowers and government transparency and accountability.
While this may be an elegant concept in economics it's never worked that well in the real world of public protections.
and often exaggerating the monetary costs of a protective rule while agencies discuss improving public health
and Alzheimer's disease while assisting with weight management bone health pulmonary function and gastrointestinal protection. Often called a miracle food
By raising awareness of these issues ensuring that strong health-protective standards are being enforced by the agencies responsible for protecting the public not profits
and whistles but the monkeys learn other species'warning calls like a foreign language providing protection for all groups.
of pollutants on a daily level acting as a modest shield. The sprouts are no panacea for the ill effects of pollution in general.
Instead of the desperately needed cash for healthcare education and environmental protection laundered rosewood money goes to corrupt officials and government cronies.
or stop trade in the listed species depending on the degree of protection. Whereas China offers high levels of support to protect its growing rosewood industry for customers
Africanized honeybees are extremely protective of their hive and brood much more so than European honeybees.
which can provide protection from free radicals which we come into contact with every day from the sunlight to the lotion you put on your skin Flores added.
Some evidence suggests that moderate consumption of bananas may be protective against kidney cancer. A 2005 Swedish study found that women who ate more than 75 servings of fruits
7 Gruesome Ways to Take a Life A recent execution by lethal injection that went awry has renewed interest in the protection against cruel and unusual punishment as guaranteed in the U s. Constitution.
What they will find will surely alter their perception of Brazil as a land known more for deforestation than sustainable ranching that supports rather than undermines the protection of local wildlife.
Plants are rich in protective compounds and help consumers avoid the cancer-causing substances found in animal products.
The reason fruits and vegetables help lower cancer risk is that they contain protective compounds such as the phytochemicals that Talalay discovered in broccoli in the 1990s that reduce the risk of several cancers
Soy products such as edamame tempeh and tofu also have protective properties and if substituted for red meat can help reduce exposure to fats
and rely on their mothers for food and protection. Sun bear cubs have no hair and cannot smell
An added advantage in protecting community forest rights is that the quality of the forests tends to be better often containing about one-third more carbon per hectare than areas outside community forests.
Legal recognition of community forest rights and protecting those rights stops this carbon going into the atmosphere.
if only communities were given legal recognition and protection. This is well illustrated in a country like Indonesia where the government has done a great deal to protect the forest
However people are less zealous about protecting species when abundant or even common. The unlearned and maybe unrecognized lesson is that
According to Flores the potassium found in oranges helps to lower blood pressure protecting against stroke. She noted another heart-related benefit pointing out that oranges are high in folate
These pigments act like sunscreen for leaves blocking out damaging radiation and providing protection from excess light.
The study also found that fresh vegetables may be slightly more protective than fresh fruit and canned fruit may actually increase the risk of death.
although the protective effect was not as strong: People who ate one to three servings were 14 percent less likely to die during the study;
It is not at all uncommon for the hospitals in the region to not have protective gloves masks clean needles
and drawings WGBH says it strictly follows the Federal trade commission s updated regulations on the Children s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) designed to safeguard children under the age of 13 who are online.
They are very protective of each other and take care of sick and old members of the herd shielding them from predators
The EFSA will then draw up a list of approved pest-destroying ingredients that can used in crop-protection products.
The crop-protection industry, led by its EU trade association the European Crop Protection Association (ECPA) in Brussels,
protection of natural resources remains optional. This is a major problem, says Chen. Jiang, the prefecture party secretary, is adamant that people in Xishuangbanna have the right to develop
The scheme provides a revolving fund to villages that agree to establish new protection zones in their areas,
Novartis says a trial on 100 subjects shows its H1n1 vaccine is potentially protective for 80%of subjects after one dose and over 90%after two doses. 21 august 2009:
%because it was thought this level of protection was necessary for biodiversity conservation. He says that it is recognized now that protecting forests is also important for efforts to stabilize climate change
so if we are failing to meet the target it could be even worse for climate stabilization than for biodiversity.
The study found that the level of protection offered to different forest types varied greatly,
The analysis also looked at the level of protection afforded to forests in the world's 825 ecoregions,
The highest level of protection with more than 50%of forest protected was found in ecoregions in parts of the Amazon, Southeast asia and Alaska.
because it looks at forest protection in ecoregions and by forest type, rather than just total forest cover.
whether the protection status is being enforced on the ground. Lauren Coad, a forest scientist at the Environmental Change Institute
Nature Newsan international treaty aimed at protecting and improving access to the world's plant genetic resources is set to dole out its first round of research grants this week amid cash-flow problems that could endanger future awards.
A new study released today By nature suggests that people alive during the infamous 1918 influenza outbreak have the greatest protection against the current swine flu1.
and found that those born before 1918 were more likely to produce antibodies capable of neutralizing the swine flu virus. That protection is somewhat counterintuitive:
But it is still possible that the immune response elicited by one virus can offer protection against the other (see Old seasonal flu antibodies target swine flu virus). Oddly,
nevertheless offer some protection against infection, Brown says. At present, most swine flu infections are mild, and the severity of the present pandemic does not come close to the 1918 flu,
which will lose its patent protections by 2014. Meanwhile, Amgen, of Thousand Oaks, California, has received more positive news for its new-mode-of-action osteoporosis treatment, denosumab.
according to a non-peer-reviewed report from the US Geological Survey (USGS). More than two-thirds contained levels exceeding the Environmental protection agency's level of concern for the protection of fish-eating mammals,
and the only national programme that could demonstrate how tropical forest protection might be folded into the global-warming treaty that international leaders hope to sign in Copenhagen in December.
if it were not being emitted continually by the plants it would be better to guide the nematodes to the plants most in need of protection,
which stops the production of a protective toxic resin released by the tree and allows the beetles to continue to infest.
Polar-bear protection: The US Fish and Wildlife Service proposed on 22 october to designate around 500,000 square kilometres of critical habitat 96%of which is sea ice for the polar bear.
but the designation would add another layer of protection by also making it illegal to conduct activities that adversely affect the bear's habitat.
Coal-fired power companies are pushing for as much protection as possible, but the nuclear industry, and to a lesser extent the natural-gas industry, see opportunities in the push toward low-carbon energy.
Policies for mitigating the impact of climate change must align with policies for protecting public health,
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) study pointed to the ample financial returns of investment in protecting natural areas such as mangroves, tropical forests and grasslands.
Although the rinderpest vaccine can provide lifelong protection, it also poses a challenge. Because it contains the live virus
and there is general agreement that the next global climate deal-under negotiation next week in Copenhagen-should include a forest protection plan.
and the local opportunity costs of protecting forests rather than cutting them down for timber, or to clear land for agriculture and grazing.
Although the vaccine can provide lifelong protection, it has caused also some problems. Because it contains the live virus
The broad survey will provide the basis for setting environmental protection targets in the next five-year plan of economic initiatives that begins in 2011,
says Zhang Lijun, China's vice-minister of environmental protection. The census found that agriculture was more damaging to China's waterways than manufacturing.
Vice-minister Zhang Lijun says that the environmental protection targets for the next five-year plan are being deliberated,
The US Fish and Wildlife Service has denied endangered-species protection to the American pika (Ochotona princeps.
It would have been only the second mammal other than the polar bear to be afforded such protection explicitly because of climate change.
Support for forest protection programmes was one of the few successes during last December's climate talks in Copenhagen, Denmark,
During the meetings, countries agreed that developed countries would financially support poor nations in protecting their forests through an initiative called REDD-plus Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, with added benefits for local
Despite the two nations'poor track records in elephant protection, conservationists are worried that the proposals could be accepted because of an ongoing CITES debate over how best to manage elephant populations.
which is needed to sustain protection programmes. Others worry that one-off sales risk stimulating the illegal ivory trade,
Marine protection: The british government has announced that it will create a huge marine reserve around the Chagos islands, an archipelago of more than 50 islands in The british Indian ocean Territory.
The 1 april ruling is of wider significance as it could establish greater legal protection for others wanting to debate scientific or medical issues.
which incorporates eight genes conferring herbicide tolerance and insect protection. If farmers don't switch to Roundup Ready 2,
The finer details of areas to be preserved (see'Protection plan')will be chosen by biologists and logging companies.
which includes most of the boreal forests earmarked for protection, contains approximately 50%of the estimated global belowground organic carbon pool,
The extra, health-protective use restrictions we are proposing â Â are much stricter than those imposed anywhere else in the United states
with concerns that the ruling could limit the protection companies enjoy on their European patents. Nature explains more.
claiming that the imported soya meal contained the DNA sequence that it had patent protection for in Europe.
which Monsanto had gained patent protection in the first place. Why does it matter? The decision reflects a wider question about the scope and strength of DNA patents:
which it was patented originally known as purpose-bound protection. The ruling is being viewed as the first test of the European union's biotechnology directive,
and on what protection that patent enjoyed. Lawyers disagree about the wider impact of the court ruling,
The protection conferred by a patent on a product containing or consisting of genetic information shall extend to all material...
in order to clarify and harmonize decisions on purpose-bound patent protection across the European union and to remove any doubts within the biotech industry.
There will be a number of patentees nervously casting an eye over the other independent claims of their patents in order to gauge the degree of protection that remains for their invention
However, most patents incorporate other legal claims that could be used to enforce protection on products containing genetic material without resorting solely to claims over DNA sequences as Monsanto had to do, notes Martin Maclean of intellectual-property lawyers
As for the wider impacts on Monsanto, the company stated that overall patent protection of the company's Roundup Ready soya bean was not at issue,
they met with the Civil Protection in L'aquila to assess the risk of a major shock.
After the meeting, a Civil Protection official (who was indicted also) told the press that there was no immediate danger.
a year's extension of the subsidies and protections granted under current law. But they had been hoping for a longer extension,
The conference also reached a historic agreement on forest protection, and advanced programmes to help the developing world adopt clean energy
Patient protection US President Barack Obama has asked his bioethics commission to review the recent discovery that US government-funded scientists intentionally infected subjects with syphilis in a study in Guatemala in the 1940s (see Nature 467,645;
more than two years after the species was given a protection status of'threatened'by the US Endangered Species Act.
protecting wetlands may not make a huge difference to anthropogenic greenhouse-gas emissions. Oceanographer Christoph Heinze at the University of Bergen, Norway, points out that the carbon sequestration abilities of wetland plants are
2010), it would be the single biggest forest-protection deal ever, and has been portrayed by participants as a model of cooperation.
and environmentalists adamant that far-reaching protections must be enforced, questions remain over how much forest will actually be preserved.
Nature Newsan international treaty aimed at protecting and improving access to the world's plant genetic resources has obtained more than US$10 million from donors to fund its second round of research grants for helping
providing food and coastline protection, and said that they can rebound if communities stop unsustainable practices.
but environmental campaigners such as the Center for Biological Diversity in Tucson, Arizona, bemoaned the fact that politicians had lifted protection rather than waiting for due process under the Endangered Species Act.
vice-minister of environmental protection, said on 28 march at a conference in Beijing on the rural environment.
This is the first time that the protection of the rural environment has been included in the country's five-year budget plan.
This is wonderful news for the course of environmental protection in China says Zhang. China's rural areas produce more than 9 billion tonnes of waste water and 280 million tonnes of household rubbish a year.
The ministry is set to promote public awareness and participation in environmental protection in rural areas, and performance in curbing rural pollution will be one of the criteria by
There are also plans to set up long-term monitoring networks to ensure sustained protection. As most existing environmental laws and guidelines are geared towards industrial pollution,
the ministry is drafting new laws on soil protection and the reduction and treatment of livestock pollution.
In addition to laws on soil protection and livestock management, regulations on the use of fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides the use of which is much higher per hectare in China than in developed countries are needed urgently,
the laureates signed a memorandum stating that economic and social development should go hand in hand with environmental protection.
Coming up 14 18 may The science and politics of protecting marine life is the focus of the 2nd International Marine Conservation Congress in Victoria,
otherwise confer protection against radiation damage, and that this molecular trade-off is shaping bird populations around the former nuclear power plant.
One of the team, Anders M ¸ller from the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris, donned a radiation-protection suit to make four bird-watching trips between 2006 and 2009 to the Red
The new study takes the analysis a step further by teasing out the different protective effects of different types of melanin pigment.
Non-governmental organizations had high hopes that the Brazzaville meeting would end in a firm pact for forest protection.
A national poll conducted in June by environmental groups found that 85%of Brazilians rate forest protection above agricultural production.
after it lost patent protection on 30 november. The drug has brought in more than US$100 billion in sales for the pharma company,
It loses patent protection from 30 november. Source: Reuters, IMS Health Â
How mammoths lost the extinction lottery: Nature Newswoolly mammoths, woolly rhinos and other large animals driven to extinction
He says that this proves the value of protecting such secondary forests, as well as pristine forests.
Forest suspense Final voting on a law that would relax forest protection rules in the Brazilian Amazon was delayed last week until March 2012,
and protection for the lands that they manage.""Rio was about devolution of governance but communities need ownership to protect their resources,
An analysis from CIFOR, published last October, found that 42.5 million hectares of forest covered by the moratorium are protected already under Indonesian law, with only 22.5 million hectares receiving extra protection.
Laurance does commend the Indonesian government for protecting 11.5 million hectares of forests growing on carbon-rich peatland.
But last week, the lower house of Brazil s National Congress passed a bill that observers say could drastically reduce forest protection.
scale back forest protections along rivers and hills, give state and local governments more authority over forests,
to increase protection to regions such as the Coral sea. The government expects the reserves to become law at the end of this year, after a public consultation.
Last week the country s Ministry of Environmental Protection and the National Development and Reform Commission released data showing that
President prunes forest reformsbrazil s vast forests lost some legal protections last week, but less than environmentalists had feared.
They also eliminate protections for steep slopes and allow landowners to meet some of their obligations to restore forest with permanent plantations of exotic trees,
Health act upheld The US Supreme court on 28 Â June voted narrowly in favour of upholding the Patient Protection
did not fare any better than would have been expected had forest fragments of the same size lacked such protection.
after years of pressure from the powerful agricultural lobby to weaken forest protection. The bill was vetoed partially by President Dilma Rousseff,
On 19 Â September, the consumer protection group Consumers Union, based in Yonkers, New york, and the US Food and Drug Administration released reports that found inorganic arsenic in rice products.
is the key to environmental protection in the long run. So I believe we should pursue what I call a"No Regrets policy steps that will lead to lower emissions,
and enforcing strong environmental protections that ensure all energy development activity is conducted in a safe and responsible manner.
and environmental protection can go hand-in-hand if the government focuses on transparency and fairness instead of seeking to pick winners
India s forest area in doubtto judge from India s official surveys, the protection of its forests is a success. Somehow,
Biodiversity cash Wealthy nations have agreed to double their support to developing countries for protecting biodiversity
among other things, would have removed forest protection along rivers and slopes, and would have allowed lawbreakers to receive a blanket amnesty.
The country s National Congress initially passed a bill to roll back forest protection in April
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